Minor English Poets, 1660-1780: A Selection from Alexander Chalmers' The English Poets, Volume 1David P. French B. Blom, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 134
... live . " Here lies the great " -false Marble ! where ? Nothing but small and sordid dust lies there.- Some build enormous mountain - palaces , The fools and architects to please ; A lasting life in well - hewn stone they rear : So he ...
... live . " Here lies the great " -false Marble ! where ? Nothing but small and sordid dust lies there.- Some build enormous mountain - palaces , The fools and architects to please ; A lasting life in well - hewn stone they rear : So he ...
Page 364
... live . Yet wiser Ennius gave command to all His friends , not to bewail his funeral ; Your tears for such a death in vain you spend , Which straight in immortality shall end . In death if there be any sense of pain , But a short space ...
... live . Yet wiser Ennius gave command to all His friends , not to bewail his funeral ; Your tears for such a death in vain you spend , Which straight in immortality shall end . In death if there be any sense of pain , But a short space ...
Page 564
... live virtuously it is impossible , except we live ; therefore the first impediment which naturally we endeavour to remove is penury , and want of things without which we cannot live . " Book I. Sect . 9 . The speech is vehement ; but ...
... live virtuously it is impossible , except we live ; therefore the first impediment which naturally we endeavour to remove is penury , and want of things without which we cannot live . " Book I. Sect . 9 . The speech is vehement ; but ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY Anacreon beauteous beauty blest blood bold breast bright burning-glass Chromius Constantia Cowley David death delight divine doth e'er Earth envy errour ev'n eyes fair fame fate fear fire flame friends gentle give gods gold Gondibert grief grow hand happy haste hath heart Heaven honour Jabesh KATHARINE PHILIPS kind king labour less light live lov'd Love's lovers lyre methinks mighty mind Moab Muse Nature ne'er never night noble nought numbers o'er Orinda Ovid Philetus Pindar pleasure poem poets praise pride prince proud rage rich sacred Saul Saul's shine sight smiling bank soul spirit stamp'd sure tears thee thine things thou dost thought tree twas Twill tyrant verse Virg Virgil virtue Whilst whole WILLIAM DAVENANT wise wonder wound wretched